Toshiba BDX2700

usability, image quality, design

reliability

38% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Decent networking features ; Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n support built-in ; Great deinterlacing and scaling ; Great styling

Creates lots of RF interference over HDMI ; Loud transport ; Low build quality

Excellent Blu-ray image quality; Netflix, Vudu, Pandora, and Blockbuster streaming; built-in Wi-Fi; 7.1 analog outputs.

Slowest operational speed we've tested this year; competing players offer more streaming media services; not DLNA-compliant; somewhat bulky design.

The Toshiba BDX2700 is currently a little cheaper than other midrange Blu-ray players and includes 7.1 analog outputs, but otherwise there's little reason to favor it over faster models with better features.

It took Toshiba a little while to join the Blu-ray party, but the BDX2700 was well worth the wait. While it's not their very first player, it's still an early model for the company. It's obvious that they wanted to take their time and get things right....